EL CAMINO COLLEGE
Office of the Vice President – Academic Affairs
NOTES – October 26, 2009
Assessment of Learning Committee (ALC)
Present: J. Simon, C. Subramaniam (CEC), O. Hadley, C. Gold, R. Bergeman, M. Kline,
K. Laureano-Ribes, R. Lewis, K. Whitney, B. Jaffe, J. Shankweiler, L. Gallucci
1. Reports on division SLO committees
Industry & Technology
-- Refocus on mission statement.
-- Confirmed SLO assessment data.
-- R. Lewis provided a workshop on Nutrition, Fire and CADD.
-- Will schedule an adjunct faculty workshop in November for the I&T Division.
Fine Arts
-- Assisting adjunct faculty on how to write SLOs.
-- Division level workshop will be handled on department level. Every department head is in communication with the necessary people.
-- Meeting individually with faculty to complete SLOs.
Math
-- Keep a list of missing SLOs.
-- D. Goldberg requested a one-page summary to include catalog description, SLO statement and course objectives which will be due in October.
Behavioral & Social Sciences
-- There will be a committee that oversees each department and verifies deadlines are met.
-- Division will meet during ASLW assessing SLO level on November 5.
Humanities
-- On schedule to meet deadlines by December.
-- Course objectives, SLOs and disability statement on syllabi,
-- ASLW – each department will meet to report status and timeline.
Natural Sciences
-- Received three assessed SLOs this weekend. All have program SLO submitted.
-- Data will be brought to ASLW to work on.
-- Build plans for those that do not have data.
VP/Student Services
-- C. Lee is working on SLOs for ECC and CEC.
-- May use November 3 or 4 during ASLW to meet as team and obtain data.
Business
-- Focus on clean up
-- Complete the program level SLO in accounting, business management and marketing.
-- Course outline will be completed by 12/1. There are 12 SLOs due at course level and deadline will be met.
Compton
-- Q&A session on November 2 from 2:00-4:30 pm.
-- Will need to determine how to assess the courses. A committee will be formed with one member from each division.
--Humanities will have assessment done in reading.
--Awaiting feedback from divisions on the timeline. C. Subramaniam will facilitate committee.
2. Plan for Assessment of Student Learning Week
Assessment of Student Learning Week will be held November 2-6. The following signed up for the conference:
November 2 - SLO Q&A and Open Lab – R. Bergeman, R. Lewis, C. Goldman, J. Nachef
November 3 – SLO Q&A and Open Lab – K. Whitney, K. Laureano-Ribas
November 6 – SLO Mini Conference: Focus on Meeting the Deadlines – M. Kline, R. Lewis, J. Shankweiler, C. Goldman and R. Bergeman
The breakout sessions will be led by the following:
Creating course-level SLOs and assessment plans – J. Shankweiler and J. Simon
Collecting and interpreting SLOs – M. Kline and R. Bergeman
SLOs and assessment at the program level – C. Goldman and R. Lewis
The schedule for the SLO Mini-Conference will be as follows:
9:00-9:30 – Opening remarks
9:45-10:45 – Breakout session #1
11:00-12:00 – Breakout session #2
12:00-1:00 – Lunch and Q&A Session
-- Request D. Manno to forward flex credit forms to ALC reps. Representatives will submit their time to J. Simon.
-- Request I. Graff to collect data.
3. SLO Timelines
The College is at almost 60% of courses with SLOs. It is projected that 75-85% will be completed by December 2009.
The following comments were made regarding the timelines:
-- The committee will discuss at a future meeting the core competency assessment, take place on a six-year cycle.
-- ESL will be used to model timeline.
-- J. Simon will discuss with Donna Manno (1) training needs in outcome assessments and (2) SLOs and assessment role in faculty self-evaluations.
-- Provide student awareness on core competencies by providing posters on campus, information on the ECC website and college catalog.
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